What do you have for Christmas dinner?

cmkuno

My family has recently decided to converge at my place on Christmas eve, so now I have to come up with a menu for a Christmas dinner.  I need ideas.  I'm thinking a beef roast, but that's as far as I've gotten.  What kind of side dishes would you serve with that?  Any special Christmas desserts or cocktails?  (Also, one sister is a vegetarian, so any thoughts on what I could make for her would be awesome.  I suck at coming up with meat-free main dishes.)

spence2007

We always have ham for Christmas and cheesey potatoes and then whatever other sides people bring but those are the two staples. 

What about some roasted potatoes and veggies that your sister could turn into her main dish and others can eat as a side dish? 

lawyerlindsay

With my mom, we usually do a honeybaked ham for lunch, with regular sides (corn, mashed potatoes, rolls, etc.).  Then at night, when my extended family came over, we had more of a potluck thing, with a bunch of favorites, like bacon wrapped water chestnuts, stuffed mushrooms, pigs in a blanket, deviled eggs, etc.

stebbe81

We usually do ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn.  Pretty much the same stuff from Thanksgiving but with pig instead of bird

jmaiuri

stebbe81:

We usually do ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn.  Pretty much the same stuff from Thanksgiving but with pig instead of bird

 

This exactly.

leeshab1982

We do Xmas Eve with my family - lasagna, ham, potatoes of some sort, meatballs, sweet potatoes, and a veggie. 

We do Xmas Day with my H's family - they do the traditional turkey, stuffing, potatoes, basically everything you'd have at Thanksgiving.  

leeshab1982

Maybe you could do a variety of roasted veggies in the oven and have some pita bread or some sort of rice/grain for her to have with it.  I'm actually craving Olga's veggie Olga right now, so this is what made me think of this lol!  Roasted veggies are pretty simple, too.

Mere7706

I'm doing Chicken parm here on xmas eve for me, dh and my kids.
My MIL is having prime rib and a bunch of sides for xmas dinner (if we make it in time)
My SIL is having pizza, wings, salad, and sushi for boxing day dinner (we're doing presents there that day)
My mom is having lunch meat platter, chili and baked ziti I think. Weird combos for the last two days mentioned, but good just the same!

broncoalum97

the same as thanksgiving, we sometimes have ham to go along w/the turkey